I got out for a ride today to try out some of the seasonal roads in Allegan east of M40 as I usually stick to the area west of it.

Started with breakfast at Rock Island, but I didn't get a chance to take a picture of my food before I ate it

I was prepared for some sand as I had ridden a little bit of this with oldmanron a few years back but holy crap. If you are looking to test your sand mettle or try out that new Kenda Trackmaster on your orange 2 smoker take 132nd east out of Hamilton. You will soon have all the sand you can eat.

With the last 3 days of rain I had a brown pudding roost flying out from behind the bike...not me Seriously though, I was keeping it pretty cool because I was alone, but I'd be cruising along at about 25 and hit the throttle to get through a particularly rutted, loose sand section and all I'd get is wheel spin and a roost that looked like the output of your snowblower when you hit the end of the driveway,

I intended to show it on google maps here, but google doesn't even show 132nd as a road that goes through in that area.

From there I took 127th east and ended up outside of Hopkins. This road was awesome this time of year. It's all graded/maintained hard pack so it's fine for you GS/Strom riders, but there are just enough elevation changes to let you see the countryside around you. With the old farms, grassy meadows and fall colors it was incredible.

I also found Sandy Pines. I couldn't pay close attention because I was coming through a paved corner on 14 psi so my attention was elsewhere, but I'd swear I saw a two story trailer in there. I was thinking:

Actually the roads around there are pretty good too. There's not much of it, but it's twisty